What a whopper! It weighed in at 75 lbs ... single hooks and connects them to his locally made lures with the finest and stoutest connections. He spools his reel with 80-pound test braid and fusses over his skilfully tied …

According to Huffington Post, Gerson's fishing guide estimated the whopper weighed at least 300 pounds and was likely more than 50 years old. "I dropped my line in and within seconds of hitting bottom, I felt a strong …

What’s more, the scaly sensation could be the biggest ever caught with a rod, reel, and a whole lot of elbow grease. The Mirror reports that Dino hooked the catfish last week in the Po Delta, a river renowned for its giant catfish. While the surly ...

Susan Stroman, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for her direction and choreography of The Scottsboro Boys, has signed to stage the new Broadway-bound musical Big Fish, producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen announced on June 8. The fanciful new musical …

'Oh my god that is a whopper': The moment fisherman catches huge 10ft bronze whaler shark on a beach after TWO hours of trying to reel the beast in

In the video the rod bends under the strain of the huge shark and at one point part of it breaks off. ‘Oh my god that is a whopper,’ he shouts as the shark washes up on the beach. After tying a rope around its tail, he and a friend frantically dragged ...

Jamie Taylor wrestled the 144.81kg marlin for over an hour before reeling it in north of the Poor Knights last Saturday. It took the Glenbervie School student - who registers just a tiny 26kg on the scales himself - one hour and 15 minutes to land the fish ...

After reeling in this 30.8kg whopper, Mick Leavey, of Yamba Bait and Tackle ... and was using one of his creations, a Leavey Lure, when the jewfish struck. "This one drives fairly shallow," Leavey said. "It's made out of polyurethane.

The Daily Examiner •
3 years ago

http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/mighty-haul/2140652/

Eagles reel in whopper, sign LB Barwin to $40 million deal

The Philadelphia Eagles signed outside linebacker Connor Barwin to a six-year, $36 million contract worth up to $40.55 million. The team confirmed the signing Thursday on the heels of signing five other defensive players that should ease the Eagles ...

It was a strange and scary one that didn't get away. Lawrence resident Sean Un was fishing Monday afternoon at Mary's Lake, a popular fishing hole for Lawrence children, when he reeled in a 20-pound pipe packed with gunpowder. The pipe was about …

LJWORLD •
12 years ago

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jun/08/bomb/?city_local

Reeling in the green

Like a good fish story? Here’s a good one. A whopper, of sorts. Greenwood resident Bill McDonald recently began his second year as a full-time competitor on the Walmart FLW Tour, the nation’s highest level of tournament bass fishing. At the March 5 to ...